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Come on in & make yourself at home as you catch up with the happenings of our little family. I'm Karla, the "scribe" for our family, and am better known as "Momma" to our two blessings, "Honey" to my hubby, and "the maid who provides for our every need" to our 2 kittens. I hope you will call me "friend."
We are a homeschooling family that has our mix of funnies and failures, along with triumphs & successes. I am a recovering perfectionist, who is ever so grateful that I serve a perfect Savior. He teaches me that I have a lot to learn, but also that He has brought me a long way.
I have been the bride to the most gracious, sweetest man in the world for the last 11 years. What I love most about him is that he is always striving to be a better husband, father, and child of God.
I am also the blessed mama to
OUR TWO GIFTS:
a creative 9-yo Darling Daughter who loves pink, being a little lady, having tea, reading, being creative, and riding horses
and a 5-yo tremendously adventurous Little Man-in-training who loves helicopters, bugs, dirt, running, and the sport of eating.
(If you are wondering about the curlers, go down to the Sweet Monday section of the sidebar. It's a women's ministry that was started in Richmond, Va, and when we moved from there, I decided to start one down here. While Im not doing it this year, please feel free to glean away from my entries of all the past programs & devotions.
Please let me know any of them have blessed you, and if you would like permission to use anything I've written. Thank you!)
S&T Fri -- Little Man's Birthday Extravaganza
Week in Review -- August 10-16
We Found Our Fill, On Blueberry Hill.... (with recipes!)
"This is the Best Bread" -- "Just Like a Restaurant's!"
S&T Fri -- First Week of School
Personal Quiet Time Goal Outline for 2008-09 School Year -- Paul's Epistles
Padems Visit, Part 2
Padems Visit-- One of Our Favorite Moments of the Summer
S&T Fri -- "Farm Families Have Always Gone Green"
2008-2009 School Plans
Creation Camp
School Year Preparations
S&T Fri -- Darling Daughter's Riding Lessons
Home-Schoolers Threaten Our Cultural Comfort
New Twist Chocolate Chip Cookies
Show&Tell Fridays
Family Funnies
From My Recipe Box
Homeschooling Helps & Ideas
Homeschooling
Wondering about the curlers?
CLICK HERE to get the scoop!
It's just one of the silly things I did at my monthly "Sweet Monday" meetings!
Past Meetings & Devotionals
Information On Sweet Monday
Sweet Monday's Main Website
"The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties." ~Noah Webster~
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"Gradually we have become aware that family life is God's classroom for shaping us into the kind of people He wants us to be."
Catherine Marshall, A Closer Walk
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2008 Habits:
1. Gentle voice, gentle heart
2. "Peruse&Purge" magazines
3. Have hot tea every day
4. Wake up between 5-6 am
2008 Goals/To Do's:
1. Complete top of DS's quilt.
2. Tackle reading list.
3. Organize fabric.
4. Make blocks for charity quilts
Oct. 19, 2007
Show&Tell Friday (Charleston Trip)
Sunday night, we got home from a wonderful, relaxing four days in one of our favorite cities, Charleston, SC, which is about 3 hours or so away. DH took Thursday and Friday off, so we headed out early and our first stop was the USS Yorktown.
DH was not able to go last time, when I took my parents down, so the kids had fun showing him parts of the ship. If you ever go to this wonderful experience, be prepared to spend the entire day! With my parents, we only saw about 1/3 of the ship and ran out of time to see the additional things on the site, such as the submarine, coast guard cutter, destroyer, Vietnam area, or the Cold War memorial. This time, we did different sections of the carrier’s tour and still only saw another 1/3 before heading over to see the sub and coast guard cutter. A homeschool group we’re involved in went there a few years ago and had a sleep-over on the ship – DD was too young at that time, but maybe in a few years…
On Friday, we spent the day at Middleton Place and Magnolia Plantation, which we purchased family memberships to this spring (every year, we pick one or two places, museums, etc to get memberships to so we can go back every few months to see the changing seasons/displays, experience all of it, etc.).
ABOVE: Home on Magnolia Plantation that was rebuilt after being burned by Sherman's troops.
BELOW: The horses came right up to be petted, which the kids gladly did.
Later that night, we shared & savored the largest banana split we've ever had!
Saturday morning, we got up early and walked around the College of Charleston and then went on a 2-hour historical walking tour of Charleston. When we asked our DD earlier in the week when we were planning our trip, if there was something she would like to do, she excitedly asked, “Oh, could we please go on a walking tour?!” How we love that our kids are loving history, and that understand they understand (and like it) that on most of our trips, we are going to learn all we can about that place. She and Little Man were great on the long walk, and listened while picking up and playing with the little sticks and many acorns that were falling from the live oaks.
ABOVE: Kids at the college.
BELOW: Taking a break on an old carriage-step-up during our walk
We then had lunch at Magnolia’s, a famous restaurant we have wanted to try out. FRUGALITY TIP: have lunch at restaurants that are a little nicer, famous, etc than your normal chains. We are able to experience great service, great food, etc for lower prices on their lunch menus. We also don’t eat out much; instead we savor that sort of thing when we are vacationing.
Afterwards we window-shopped at the Market and stores downtown, let the kids frolic in the Pineapple Fountain, looked in the Thomas Kincaid gallery, and walked around the Battery area and famous streets and houses.
Sunday, we went to church at SeaCoast, a church we’ve heard about through friends. They use the same children’s curriculum as our church does, so the kids felt right at home.
We had lunch at a great Thai restaurant on King St, and then toured the Joseph Manigault House. (The federal style house below. Designed by the owner's brother, who also designed Charleston's Town Hall.)
On the way out of town, we stopped at the Boone Farms store, as we had heard about their great homemade ice cream and pecan pie. We are going to research more about Boone Hall, and perhaps explore that plantation next time we go.
I always count mini-vacations like these as “school days.” I believe you learn so much more by experiencing something than reading a dry textbook, etc. During our brief trip, the kids were able to learn about WWII and naval history, along with the Revolutionary through Civil War time period, vast amounts about Charleston’s history, plantations, and famous Charlestonians and South Carolinians. They were able to do multiple nature walks where we all learned more about flora & fauna. We went into numerous galleries where we applied what we’ve learned about art (is the painting realistic or abstract? What medium is used? Do you see how they used light? the use of perspective?). We also saw numerous artists and artisans working at their crafts.
We could see how DD was able to apply what she’s learned & read in the past. Even Little Man was busy connecting things in his mind and sharing them with us. Even time in our car is not lost and becomes productive, as we do our Classical Conversations memory work, DD reads library books on the topics we are learning about in our schooling, and we listen to Story of the World CD’s. How grateful I am for the lifestyle we have that is centered around our family, not another entity such as a School dictating when we can take off, what we learn, etc.
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by jenn4him |
Hey, nice new look to your blog! Good job! And that banana split looked so yummy! What a treat. Very nice trip.
Jenn |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by naturalpaths |
| Looks like a wonderful trip! I agree, mini trips like this definitely qualify as a school day. |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Yum, yum... |
| Posted by SuzyScribbles |
| You did all this in ONE DAY? Or did I read it wrong? The plantation house was cool looking, and the banana split....well, that would have been the highlight for my kids. LOL |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Canadagirl |
Wow, what a GREAT family time and Life school at the same time. Just the way it is suppose to be. [ 0= I just loved hearing about all you did. I don't think I would be able to get down to the South and experience plantations and such but through your blog I could. thank you. [ 0=
Blessings and ((hugs)) my SSiC
In Him <><
-Mary
PS: I love the new look on your blog ...very pretty. |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by BChsMamaof3 |
What a neat trip :) What a great idea to get memberships and then return throughout the year. I love the look of your blog to!
Thanks for sharing with us,
BChsMamaof3 |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - hi! |
| Posted by byourlove1 |
Wow, this is so nice, you made me feel like I was there- I enjoyed that so much!
Angela |
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| Posted by BookLover |
Wow! looks like you had alot of fun! Thanks for stopping by and droppning a comment!
Amy |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by MyChildrenAndMe |
what a wonderful way to spend a family vacation & learning too. Don't mind me, I really really love history. Our children are the same way too. I really enjoyed your S&T.
Blessings,
Debbie |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Haflingerhorses |
I love trips like the one you took. Thanks for sharing it with us. It puts me into the mood to want to take off and explore somewhere. It's educational - but more than that- it's making family memories.
Antoinette |
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Oct. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by moreofhim |
Your time away looked so wonderful!! Thank you for posting the pictures of all the great things you did. I've never been to your part of the country and loved seeing all those places. I hope someday we can travel back East and see that part of our wonderful country! I enjoyed visiting and will be back again!
God bless you! |
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Oct. 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Keri |
Charleston, South Carolina...
That is somewhere I'd like to go! |
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Oct. 24, 2007 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Juldos |
What a wonderful trip for your family. Thanks for sharing.
Julie D. |
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The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms.
Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside?
That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
Let God send you out through His storm, and dont go until He does.
If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod.
However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8)." ------------ My Utmost for His Highest, March 11th
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